West Union Baptist Church
West Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Palestine, TX 75801. It is one of 124 churches in Palestine, and one of 19 Baptist congregations in the city.
Palestine, TX, 75801West Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,419 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
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The community around West Union Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.7% (13.7–27.6%)
- Obesity: 42.6%
- Child Poverty: 32.7% (15.2–50.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 22.4% (11.5–33.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.9%
- Diabetes: 17.4%
- Depression: 23.1%
- Unemployment: 6.2% (0.4–12.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Palestine city is served by 35 churches — about one congregation for every 414 residents.
Churches near West Union Baptist Church
- New Jerusalem Church — 0.1 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Pauls Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace & Truth Worship Center — 0.4 mi away
- Smith Chapel Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Tabernacle Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Grants Chapel AME Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Hispanic Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Hispanic Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- North Jackson Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- South Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away